illustrated book;
print
- Museum number
- 1979,0305,0.296
- Title
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Object: Azuma no teburi あつまのてふり (Customs of the East)
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Object: Taihei yuzo 太平有象 (Scenes of Great Peace)
- Description
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Illustrated book. One volume. Scenes of life in Edo. Colour woodblock-printed; cover printed in mica.
- Production date
- 1829
- Dimensions
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Height: 27.70 centimetres
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Width: 18.70 centimetres
- Curator's comments
- Hillier and Smith 1980
The 'East' is the Eastern capital of Edo. The book is a racy account of Edo life and is also remarkable for its cover printed in mica.
Literature:
Brown, Louise Norton, 'Block Printing and Book Illustration in Japan', London and New York, 1924, p. 106.
Holloway, Owen E, 'Graphic Art of Japan: The Classical School', London, 1957, no. 16.
Mitchell, C H, with the assistance of Ueda, Osamu, 'The Illustrated Books of the Nanga, Maruyama, Shijo and Other Related Schools of Japan. A Biobibliography', Los Angeles, 1972, p. 214.
Toda, Kenji, 'Descriptive Catalogue of the Japanese and Chinese Illustrated Books in the Ryerson Library of the Art Institute of Chicago', Chicago, 1931, p. 395.
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1979
- Department
- Asia
- Registration number
- 1979,0305,0.296
- Additional IDs
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Previous owner/ex-collection number: JH.296 (Hillier no.)
